Thunia marshalliana

[Izzie]

Originally Posted by johnblagg

LOL I get the thinking of marshmallows ...but and again I have to laught because hibiscus make me think of marshmallow because the wild herbaceous types of thos were once called that and indeed used to make marshmallow

Yay someone gets it!

I totally knew about the hibiscus- always thought it was awesome.

[calvin_orchidL]

Originally Posted by RobS

Wikimedia = Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Arethuseae • Subtribus: Coelogyninae • Genus: Thunia Thunia - Wikimedia Commons (same as Dutch Wikipedia)

Wikipedia (English) = Family: Orchidaceae Subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Arethuseae Subtribe: Thuniinae
Genus: Thunia Thunia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Other linky = Coelogyninae

What can I say Taxonomy......

The plant is about 50-70cm or 20-30 inch. Mine is 50 cm but I've seen taller. The canes get to about 3 cm / 1 inch in diameter.

Thanks for the dimensions - I find the growth habit of these guys really spectacular. No chance you have a whole plant shot?

It's interesting that the other language wikipedia articles list this under coelogyninae. Because I'm a nerd, I went and did a bit more research, and looked up the latest taxonomical analysis. Remarkably, it seems like using certain phylogenic alignments, Thunia are distantly related to the coelogyne. I'm not a taxonomist so I can't sort through most of the data, but if anyone is interested, you can check it out here.

[RobS]

whole plant shot

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tape measure is at 20inch / 50 cm

[ewcia1028]

very pretty!congratulation

[Leareu]

I just got one of these! It's a wee baby but I'm having trouble finding culture notes for it. Would anyone know anything on caring for these guys? Thanks!

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by Leareu

I just got one of these! It's a wee baby but I'm having trouble finding culture notes for it. Would anyone know anything on caring for these guys? Thanks!

This is a very old thread. I suggest that you start a new one, you are likely to get more responses